"We're going to play a 60-game season and never be the team we thought we were," says John Mozeliak, Cardinals president of baseball operations. "In fairness, what this team has been through is not normal." That comment Friday before the start of the Cardinals' third doubleheader in five days is the launch point of a brand new episode of the Best Podcast in Baseball. St. Louis Post-Dispatch sports columnist Ben Frederickson joins baseball writer Derrick Goold to discuss how to evaluate the Cardinals season. Is it a dress rehearsal for 2021 if they make the playoffs? Is it a disappointment if they don't make their way into the expanded playoff pool? They settle on one truth: The Cardinals' offense has wasted an exceptional performance by the pitching staff and defense, especially given the COVID-19 outbreak that interrupted the season. Also discussed is the uncertainty of the 2021 minor-league season, and the changes coming to the Cardinals. (Note: This was recorded before the team confirmed some downsizing of staff.) The Best Podcast in Baseball, sponsored by Closets by Design of St. Louis, is a production of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, StlToday.com, and Derrick Goold.  

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